The 1837 Canadian Rebellions
30 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, Public Choice Tags: Canada
Why There Will Never Be A Zero Emissions Electricity System Powered Mainly By Wind And Sun
30 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
he reason is that the intermittency of wind and solar generators means that they require full back-up from some other source. But the back-up source will by hypothesis be woefully underused and idle most of the time so long as most of the electricity comes from wind and sun. No back-up source can possibly be economical under these conditions, and therefore nobody will develop and deploy such a source.
Why There Will Never Be A Zero Emissions Electricity System Powered Mainly By Wind And Sun
1…b6 Chess Opening Against 1.e4 & 1.d4 [English Defense & Owen’s Defense]
29 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in chess
Battle of Polygon Wood – Betrayal At The Italian Front I THE GREAT WAR W…
29 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Bill Maher on patriotism and privilege
29 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in television, TV shows
Here’s Bill Maher’s latest (8-minute) comedy bit from “Real Time”. Surprisingly, it’s very patriotic. Maher extols the Harris’s campaign emphasis on patriotism and the privilege of being an American, but kvetches that the young folk aren’t buying it. His example: the vocal attempts of pro-Palestinian protestors to bring down America. Yes, whether or not they’re […]
Bill Maher on patriotism and privilege
Proof that 1+1=2
29 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: philosophy of science
There is no such thing as an empirical proof. Empirical observations and experiments are always open to doubt, even if to a miniscule extent. So the proof that 1+1=2 is not obtained by conducting a survey to observe all instances of 1 plus 1 objects, and seeing if they make 2. The proof that 1+1=2 […]
Proof that 1+1=2
Phoebe Plummer of Just Stop Oil Sentenced to Two Years–JSO Sad
29 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: British politics, climate activists, regressive left, useful idiots
hoebe and Anna have just been sentenced to 2 years and 20 months in prison respectively after throwing soup over the glass frame of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’.
Phoebe Plummer of Just Stop Oil Sentenced to Two Years–JSO Sad
The BBC once again won’t use the word “terrorists” for Hamas
28 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of information, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: British politics, Gaza Strip, media bias, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
This article just appeared in Spiked (click headline below to read), but you can see a similar piece in the Times of Israel. The upshot is that the BBC, which has long bridled at using the word “terrorists” for Hamas, is now bridling again when the Beeb itself shows a documentary about the Nova Music […]
The BBC once again won’t use the word “terrorists” for Hamas
Creative destruction again
28 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: creative destruction, economics of pandemics
Another zero lower bound prediction bites the dust
28 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, fiscal policy, history of economic thought, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, public economics, unemployment Tags: New Keynesian macroeconomics
Popular New Keynesian macroeconomic models predict that cuts in various types of distortionary taxes are contractionary when monetary policy is constrained at the zero lower bound. We turn to a long span of history in the United Kingdom to test this hypothesis. Using a new long-run dataset of narrative-identified tax changes from 1918to 2020, we […]
Another zero lower bound prediction bites the dust
Bernie Sanders prepares resolutions to punish Israel
28 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, useful idiots, war against terror
Forgive me if I put up two pieces on Israel’s wars today (i’m not sure what I’ll write about next), but it’s not only on my mind, it’s the main news besides the American election. (See the daily “Nooz” for this other stuff). I don’t like to use the words “self-hating Jew,” for I don’t […]
Bernie Sanders prepares resolutions to punish Israel
All the King’s Upgrades: There May Be Less Than Meets the Eye in the Adams Indictment
27 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA
Below is my column in the New York Post on the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams. The most serious charges may be the foreign campaign contributions. However, the indictment is not nearly as overwhelming as suggested by the government. That may be why they are openly threatening Adams associates to cooperate or face ruin. Here […]
All the King’s Upgrades: There May Be Less Than Meets the Eye in the Adams Indictment
Proof that NZ’s Reserve Bank has Inflicted Unnecessary Pain up and down the Nation.
27 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, fiscal policy, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, unemployment Tags: economics of pandemics, monetary policy
In the past few hours, it has been stated that the US economy grew at a solid 3% rate last quarter, as given in the American government’s final estimate. New Zealand’s economy, on the other hand, shrank at a rate of -0.2%. The US Federal Funds rate (the equivalent of NZ’s Official Cash Rate, OCR)…
Proof that NZ’s Reserve Bank has Inflicted Unnecessary Pain up and down the Nation.
Debunking Hate-and-Envy Tax Policy
27 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, health and safety, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: envy, regressive left, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment
On tax policy, our friends on the left are motivated by envy and hatred. As shown in this Stossel video, Robert Reich is a sad example of this mindset. John Stossel understates his argument. It’s not that Reich is wrong. He’s wildly wrong. There are four points in the video that deserve attention. It is […]
Debunking Hate-and-Envy Tax Policy
After 30 years, there is hope
27 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, environmental economics, environmentalism, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
Chris Bishop and Simon Court announced: Two new laws will be developed to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA), with the enjoyment of property rights as their guiding principle, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Parliamentary Under-Secretary Simon Court say. “The RMA was passed with good intentions in 1991 but has proved a failure in […]
After 30 years, there is hope
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